Integrating nutritional support into the care pathway for colorectal cancer patients Dr Sorrel Burden Lead Dietitian & Macmillan/NIHR Fellow.

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Transcript Integrating nutritional support into the care pathway for colorectal cancer patients Dr Sorrel Burden Lead Dietitian & Macmillan/NIHR Fellow.

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Integrating nutritional support into the
care pathway for colorectal cancer
patients
Dr Sorrel Burden
Lead Dietitian &
Macmillan/NIHR Fellow


Slide 2

Research projects

Exploratory work

RCT

TNM staging/nut status

Validation of
anthropometry

Reliability of
definitions
complications


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Nutritional status
• 86 CRC patients were recruited
• Undertook nutritional measurement
BMI
% weight loss
hand grip strength
Body composition


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Lean body mass & fat in pts with wt loss

Percentage weight loss

<10%
Mean
(SD)

>10%
mean(SD)

Kolmogorov
-smirnov
test

Lean muscle
mass (kg)

51.9(12.1)

39.7(13.5)

0.91

0.001

5.3 to19

Fat (kg)

25.0(7.8)

22.7(10.2)

0.69

0.314

-2.3 to 7

* Independent Student t-tests , C.I confidence intervals.

P value

95% C.I


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Nutritional & Functional Assessment
48 weight
losing

n=80
4

12

14
7

11
11
6
15

47 overweight
BMI >25

43 low
handgrip


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Research Question for RCT
Does preoperative sip feeding decrease
postoperative complication in
colorectal cancer patients?


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Trial Design
 Pragmatic randomized control trial to
determine effectiveness
 Intervention preoperative sip feeding

Control

Intervention

Dietary advice

Sip feeds (Fortisip )
& dietary advice


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Recruitment
• Patients were recruited from colorectal
clinics over a 16M period.
• Patients were recruited at the point a
tumour was suspected.
• They were visited at home by a
Dietitian.
• Signed consent was given by all
patients.
• 3 sites


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Trial observations






Sample characteristics
Anthropometry
Bioelectrical Impedance
Hand grip strength
Post operative complications
QOL Questionnaires


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Recruitment
N u m b er o f p a tien ts
elig ib le fo r recru itm en t

n = 226

R a n d o m ise d

n= 125

P o st r a n d o m isa tio n
e x c lu sio n s

N um ber
a n a ly z e d

A llo c a te d to
a c tiv e g r o u p

A llo c a te d to
c o n tr o l g r o u p

n = 59

n = 66

n=5

n=4

n= 54

n = 62

T o ta l 1 0 1 n o t r e c r u ite d
<10 days 47
C o u ld n o t c o n ta c t 3
N o c o n se n t 3 6
T o fa r to tr a v e l 7
N o in fo r m e d c o n se n t 2
N o t a p p r o p r ia te to
c o n ta c t 6


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Patient characteristics at baseline

A ge m ean (S D )
S ex ratio (M :F )
N um ber of sm okers
2
B M I (kg/m )
% w eight loss (m ean S D )
H andgrip (m ean S D )

T reatm ent group (S ip feeds)
n= 54
64.5 (S D 13.9)
34:20
10
25.0 S D 4.8
6.2 S D 6.8
26.3 S D

C ontrol (A dvice)
n= 62
65.3( S D 12.7)
38:24
13
26.8 S D 4.7
3.9 S D 4.8
28.2 S D


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Site of tumour

Experimental group
no. of patients
Rectum
21
Bowel
17
Rectosigmoid 7
Anal
2
Caecal
5
Abdominal 1
Total
53

Control group
no. of patients
27
23
4
1
2
2
59


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Length of time prior to surgery
patients had sip feeds
20

10

0
<10

21-30
11-20

41-50
31-40

No. of days enroll ed prior to s urgery

61-90
51-60

> 120
91-120


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Energy intake pre & post op
1600
1400
1200

enrolment

1000

postop

800
600
400
200
0
Kcals
Active

Kcals
control


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ITT- Infectious complications CDC

Treatment
Group (Sip
feeds)

Control
(Advice)

Chisquare

P value

Wound infections

9 (16)

17 (27)

2.12

0.145

Chest infections

8 (15)

14 (22)

1.54

0.125

UTI

8 (15)

6 (9)

0.125

0.724

Total No patients with
one or more infection

20 (37)

27 (43)

1.21

0.271


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Sub group analysis ITT
(Including 71% patients 83 patients)

Treatment
n46

Control
n37

Chi-square

P value

CDC wound

5

10

3.61

0.05*

CDC chest

7

10

1.93

0.16

Buzby wound

5

10

8.4

0.03*

Buzby chest

6

8

1.9

0.37


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Cost implications of 1 minor
complication

• cost of one minor complication £161
James (2005)
• Cost of wound infections in treatment
group £805
• Cost of same infections in the control
group is £1610
• Cost of sip feeds daily cost 10p


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Recommendation
• Patients should be given sip feeds if
weight losing prior to surgery
• Trial specific to colorectal cancer patients
• Patients should be identified in the preop
period if weight losing.


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Further developments
• Exploratory work to ask patients
view’s & experience of food
• Evaluate more patient centered
outcomes for nutritional support
interventions
• Look at prehabiliation
• Look at rehabilitation
• Further RCT


Slide 20

Relationship between context, problem definition,
intervention and evaluation for complex interventions

Campbell N et al. Designing and evaluating complex interventions
to improve health care. BMJ 2007;334;455-459